(AP) -- It turns out Egypt's beloved boy-king wasn't so golden after all - or much of a wild and crazy guy, for that matter. But will research showing King Tut was actually a hobbled, weak teen with a cleft palate and club ...
Archaeology
Feb 17, 2010
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Guan-En Graham is determined to find out exactly what happened to her father. When she was a child, he developed brain cancer. Since then, she has worked to understand the intricate genetic mechanisms that trigger brain diseases ...
Biotechnology
Jan 18, 2017
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A team of biomaterials scientists and dentists at the UCLA School of Dentistry has developed a nanoparticle that, based on initial experiments in animals, could improve treatment for bone defects.
Bio & Medicine
Apr 22, 2020
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Using specialized nanoparticles, MIT engineers have developed a way to turn off specific genes in cells of the bone marrow, which play an important role in producing blood cells. These particles could be tailored to help ...
Bio & Medicine
Oct 5, 2020
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The Cornell University institute searching for signs of life among the billions and billions of stars in the sky is being named for—who else?—Carl Sagan.
Space Exploration
May 9, 2015
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Chinese stem cell scientists have published new research that improves the survival and effectiveness of transplanted stem cells. The research led by Dr Hsiao Chang Chan, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, is published ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 3, 2011
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How do you improve a Nobel Prize-winning discovery? Add a debilitating disease-causing gene mutation.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 24, 2016
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Aluminium - the most abundant metal and third most abundant element of the Earth's crust - has no known biological function and is a recognised environmental toxin. Human exposure to aluminium is implicated in a number of ...
Environment
Aug 28, 2013
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There is no known cure for neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. But new hope, in the form of stem cells created from the patient's own bone marrow, can be found ― and literally ...
Biotechnology
Aug 19, 2009
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Raman spectroscopy has recently undergone major advances in the area of deep non-invasive characterisation of biological tissues. The progress stems from the development of spatially offset Raman spectroscopy (SORS) and ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 18, 2013
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